Comments on: Illinois Rejects Motorcycle Helmet Law – Intended To Reduce Catastrophic Motorcycle Accidents http://www.passenlaw.com/blog/personal-injury-law/litigating-chicago-motorcycle-accidents Chicago personal injury law blog published by Passen Law Group -- Top Chicago Personal Injury Lawyers Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:01:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John http://www.passenlaw.com/blog/personal-injury-law/litigating-chicago-motorcycle-accidents/comment-page-1#comment-1787 John Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:27:03 +0000 http://www.passenlaw.com/blog/?p=679#comment-1787 If the primary concern is to save lives and medical costs incurred by society, why don't we just outlaw smoking? The ACS estimates that 300,000 to 400,000 Americans lose their lives due to illness caused by smoking. How about fattening foods? The CDC states that obesity is the 2nd most frequent cause of death behind smoking. That's somewhere around a half a million lives that could be saved in contrast to the paltry 5000 motorcycle crash deaths. This, of course, will not happen because an estimated 75 million Americans smoke and an estimated 100 million are overweight and therefore are difficult groups to pick on. Motorcyclists are much smaller in number, less understood and therefore easy to try and impose your value system on. Part of the American way is to respect others' right to pursue life, liberty and happiness as long as they do not infringe on other citizen's right to do the same. If the primary concern is to save lives and medical costs incurred by society, why don’t we just outlaw smoking? The ACS estimates that 300,000 to 400,000 Americans lose their lives due to illness caused by smoking. How about fattening foods? The CDC states that obesity is the 2nd most frequent cause of death behind smoking. That’s somewhere around a half a million lives that could be saved in contrast to the paltry 5000 motorcycle crash deaths. This, of course, will not happen because an estimated 75 million Americans smoke and an estimated 100 million are overweight and therefore are difficult groups to pick on. Motorcyclists are much smaller in number, less understood and therefore easy to try and impose your value system on. Part of the American way is to respect others’ right to pursue life, liberty and happiness as long as they do not infringe on other citizen’s right to do the same.

]]> By: Danilo http://www.passenlaw.com/blog/personal-injury-law/litigating-chicago-motorcycle-accidents/comment-page-1#comment-1394 Danilo Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:40:21 +0000 http://www.passenlaw.com/blog/?p=679#comment-1394 Helmets should be mandatory. All the data used by the AMA and others is complete BS -- they just warp statistics to fit their needs. Facts are facts. Do you see motorcycle racers, who don't deal with cars and are on closed courses where the likelihood of injury is far less than the street wearing helmets? DUH. Mandatory education, Mandatory helmets. The only people cranked up about helmet laws are the typical cruiser-riding individuals that are afraid that nobody will recognize "them" on "their" HOG. They're worried about their friends berating them because they wear a helmet, and wouldn't buy anything but a "cruiser" because that's what their friends ride and it's all about "fitting in". Show some responsibility to those that count on you, and to those that pay taxes and will end up footing the bill for your stupidity when you bounce your head off a curb. Oh, and yeah, I wear a helmet, gloves, jacket and boots EVERY time I ride, and even in Illinois I manage to pull of 20,000 miles a year, and have managed 50,000 in the last two and a half. I decided a long time ago that there are people that put up with my dangerous hobby, and I owe it to them to be as safe as possible. I also don't want to be three feet above my bike flying over someone's hood thinking "I should have worn..." and I HAVE been three feet over someone's hood.... Walked away with a skinned knee. Do that without a helmet and gear... Helmets should be mandatory. All the data used by the AMA and others is complete BS — they just warp statistics to fit their needs. Facts are facts. Do you see motorcycle racers, who don’t deal with cars and are on closed courses where the likelihood of injury is far less than the street wearing helmets? DUH.

Mandatory education, Mandatory helmets. The only people cranked up about helmet laws are the typical cruiser-riding individuals that are afraid that nobody will recognize “them” on “their” HOG. They’re worried about their friends berating them because they wear a helmet, and wouldn’t buy anything but a “cruiser” because that’s what their friends ride and it’s all about “fitting in”.

Show some responsibility to those that count on you, and to those that pay taxes and will end up footing the bill for your stupidity when you bounce your head off a curb.

Oh, and yeah, I wear a helmet, gloves, jacket and boots EVERY time I ride, and even in Illinois I manage to pull of 20,000 miles a year, and have managed 50,000 in the last two and a half. I decided a long time ago that there are people that put up with my dangerous hobby, and I owe it to them to be as safe as possible. I also don’t want to be three feet above my bike flying over someone’s hood thinking “I should have worn…” and I HAVE been three feet over someone’s hood…. Walked away with a skinned knee. Do that without a helmet and gear…

]]> By: TEREESA http://www.passenlaw.com/blog/personal-injury-law/litigating-chicago-motorcycle-accidents/comment-page-1#comment-1367 TEREESA Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:15:32 +0000 http://www.passenlaw.com/blog/?p=679#comment-1367 Well helmets should be mandatory in all states no matter the age of the rider and you have to ask was the young woman wearing a helmet that was approved for this activity. Because not all helmets are not up to standards. Well helmets should be mandatory in all states no matter the age of the rider and you have to ask was the young woman wearing a helmet that was approved for this activity. Because not all helmets are not up to standards.

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